Subject: RE: Motorola MTX board support?
To: 'Jason Thorpe' <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Bill Rees <bill_rees@firepower.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 05/27/1997 17:11:29
If the mtx board is from the embedded group, it does not use open
firmware most likely.  If the board is newer than 2 years and is part of
a stand alone system, it probably will support open firmware.

The big problem is the lack of a fully functional powerpc NetBSD
version.

bill rees
Motorola Computer Group
190 Independence Drive,
Menlo Park.

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>From: 	Michael K. Sanders[SMTP:msanders@aros.net]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, May 27, 1997 11:51 AM
>To: 	Jason Thorpe
>Cc: 	port-powerpc@NetBSD.ORG
>Subject: 	Re: Motorola MTX board support? 
>
>In message <199705271804.LAA21669@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason Thorpe writes:
>>
>>...if it has OpenFirmware, it probably will work.
>
>Okay, so the question becomes: Does the MTX board use OpenFirmware? :)
>
>  http://www.mot.com/GSS/MCG/products/boards/mobrds/mtxmb-d1/mtxmb-d1.html
>
>The data sheet mentions FLASH storage for the Firmware, but never
>says _what_ the Firmware is. 
>
>Does anyone know offhand (or can tell from the datasheet) if it
>is using OpenFirware?
>
>